Human Resource Management Strategies and Their Role in Curbing

Mohammed Khalaf Hasan Al-Muttairi

Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax, University of Sfax

Prof Dr. Sulaf Bin Omar Al-Samawi

Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax, University of Sfax

96-108 Vol: 16, Issue: 3, 2026

Receiving Date: 2026-06-21
Acceptance Date: 2026-07-23
Publication Date: 2026-08-29

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http://doi.org/10.37648/ijtbm.v16i03.007

Abstract

This research aims to identify human resource management strategies and their role in curbing “dark management” practices within organizations, focusing on a field study at the Oil Training Institute in Baghdad. The study employs descriptive and quantitative analytical methods. Its purposive sample included the Institute’s director and assistants, department heads and their deputies, section supervisors and their deputies, as well as heads of units, workshops, and laboratories, alongside the teaching staff and trainers.

Keywords: Human resource management strategies; dark management practices.

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